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Thanks for your response. Is it possible that the em wave generated by the acceleration of the source charge could be absorbed by the wall (if it's frequency were in the visible range for example) and then the information about the change to the static electric field would never be received on...

At what speed does a change in a static electric field propagate through a medium? I understand that through a vacuum it's the speed of light, but through a medium such as a conductor or insulator how fast will this change propagate? In classical electrodynamics, how do we model the...